George Nelson

George Driver "Pinky" Nelson is an American physicist, astronomer, science educator, and retired NASA astronaut.

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1950  Wikimedia, Wikidata
George Driver Nelson
university teacher, physicist, astronaut, astronomer, 

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  STS-26 ⓘ
  human spaceflight

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  STS-41-C ⓘ
  human spaceflight

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  STS-61-C ⓘ
  human spaceflight

United States, 

Frameless

View of the damaged Solar Maximum Mission satellite from Challenger during STS-41-C (41C-34-1380) (cropped)

STS-41-C-crew-small

View of Astronaut Nelson using MMU to examine Solar Maximum Mission Satellite (41C-22-885)

Astronauts in weightlessness

NASA eighth group Astronaut Group photograph

Astronaut George D. Nelson - Portrait

STS-41-C crew

Capturing the Solar Maximum Mission satellite

STS-41-C preflight breakfast

View of the damaged Solar Maximum Mission satellite from Challenger during STS-41-C (41C-34-1380)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	orbit		STS-26	David C. Hilmers, Frederick Hauck, George Nelson, John M. Lounge, Richard O. Covey, human spaceflight,	Wikidata
class	orbit		STS-41-C	Dick Scobee, George Nelson, James van Hoften, Robert Crippen, Terry Hart, human spaceflight,	Wikidata
class	orbit		STS-61-C	Bill Nelson, Charles Bolden, Franklin Chang-Díaz, George Nelson, Robert J. Cenker, Robert L. Gibson, Steven Hawley, human spaceflight,	Wikidata
commons	image		View of the damaged Solar Maximum Mission satellite from Challenger during STS-41-C (41C-34-1380) (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		STS-41-C-crew-small		Commons
commons	image		View of Astronaut Nelson using MMU to examine Solar Maximum Mission Satellite (41C-22-885)		Commons
commons	image		Astronauts in weightlessness		Commons
commons	image		NASA eighth group Astronaut Group photograph		Commons
commons	image		Astronaut George D. Nelson - Portrait		Commons
commons	image		STS-41-C crew		Commons
commons	image		Capturing the Solar Maximum Mission satellite		Commons
commons	image		STS-41-C preflight breakfast		Commons
commons	image		View of the damaged Solar Maximum Mission satellite from Challenger during STS-41-C (41C-34-1380)		Commons